Curriculum Vitae

Name:
Position:
Mark A. Lanthier
Assistant Professor & Associate Director (undergraduate)
@ School of Computer Science, Carleton University

Academic Qualifications:

Areas of Interest:

Awards and Medals:

Work Experience:
Position Held Period Place
Assistant Professor July 2000-present Carleton University
Instructor August 2001 Department of Software
Instructor Summer 2000 BEA Educational Services
Instructor I  (95.101, 95.105, 95.106, 95.202)
1997-2000 Carleton University
Sessional Lecturer  (95.105, 95.206)
1994-1996 Carleton University
Teaching Assistant  (95.105, 95.206, 95.405)
1991-1997 Carleton University
Software Designer / Programmer 1991 IIT (NRC)
Software Designer / Programmer 1990 Imapro Corp.
Junior Hardware Engineer 1989 Gandalf Data Ltd.



Publications

Papers in Conference Proceedings
:

  • P. Chamoun, M. Lanthier, "Rigous Movement of Convex Polygons on a Path Using Multiple Robots",  Robotics and Sensors Environments (ROSE 2012),  Magdeburg, Germany, November 2012, pp. 174-179. (pdf)
  • E. Velazquez, N. Santoro, M. Lanthier, "Pro-active Strategies for the Frugal Feeding Problem in Wireless Sensor Networks", in Proc. 2nd Int. ICST Conference on Sensor Systems and Software,  Miami, USA, December 2010, pp.189-204. (pdf)
  • J. Chen, M. Lanthier, M. MacPherson, D. Nussbaum, "Computing Tumour Coverage as a Result of Respiratory Motion During Radiotherapy Treatment", in Proc. 3rd Int. Conf. on Information Technology and Applications (ICITA), Sydney, Australia, July 2005, pp. 107-112. (pdf)
  • M. Lanthier, D. Nussbaum, T.-J. Wang, "Calculating the MeetingPoint of Scattered Robots on Weighted Terrain Surfaces", in Proc. CATS2005, Vol 27, No. 4, Australia, January 2005, pp. 107-118. (pdf)
  • M. Lanthier, D. Nussbaum, A. Sheng, "Improving Vision-Based Maps By Using Sonar and Infrared Data", in Proc. 10th Int. Conf. on Robotics and Applications (IASTED 2004), Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, August 2004, pp. 118-123. (pdf)
  • M. Lanthier, A. Maheshwari, J.-R. Sack, "Shortest Anisotropic Paths on Terrains", in Proc. ICALP 99, Prague, LNCS 1644, 1999, pp. 524-533.  (pdf)
  • L. Aleksandrov, M. Lanthier, A. Maheshwari, J.-R. Sack, "An Epsilon-Approximation Algorithm for Weighted Shortest Paths on Polyhedral Surfaces", in Proc. SWAT '98, Stockholm, LNCS 1432, 1998, pp. 11-22, 1998.  (pdf)
  • L. Aleksandrov, M. Lanthier, A. Maheshwari, J.-R. Sack, "An Epsilon-Approximation Algorithm for Weighted Shortest Path Queries on Polyhedral Surfaces", in 14th European Workshop on Computational Geometry, Barcelona, Spain, March 1998.  (pdf)
  • M. Lanthier, A. Maheshwari, J.-R. Sack, "Video abstract: Approximating Weighted Shortest Paths on Polyhedral Surfaces", in 6th Annual Video Review of Computational Geometry, Nice, France, 1997, pp. 485-486.  (pdf)
  • M. Lanthier, A. Maheshwari, J.-R. Sack, "Approximating Weighted Shortest Paths on Polyhedral Surfaces", in Proc. 13th Annual ACM Symposium on Computational Geometry, Nice, France, 1997, pp. 274-283.  (pdf)
  • D. Hutchinson, M. Lanthier, A. Maheshwari, D. Nussbaum, D. Roytenberg, J.-R. Sack , "Parallel Neighbourhood Modeling", in Proc. 4th ACM Workshop on Advances in Geographic Information Systems, Minnesota, 1996, pp. 25-34.  (pdf)
  • D. Hutchinson, L. Kuttner, M. Lanthier, A. Maheshwari, D. Nussbaum, D. Roytenberg, J.-R. Sack, "Parallel Neighbourhood Modeling: Research Summary", SPAA '96, Padua, Italy, 1996, pp. 204-207.  (pdf)
  • M. Lanthier and F. Oppacher, "Towards the Design of Smaller Artificially Living Robots", Intelligent Autonomous Systems 4 (IAS-4), IOS Press, Karslruhe, Germany, 1995, pp. 687-693.  (pdf)

Papers in Journals:
  • M. Lanthier, D. Nussbaum, T.-J. Wang, "Computing an Approximation of the 1-center Problem on Weighted Terrain Surfaces", Journal of Experimental Algorithmics (JEA), Vol. 13, Article No 1.3, 2009.
  • M. Lanthier, D. Nussbaum, J.-R. Sack, "Parallel Implementation of Geometric Shortest Path Algorithms", Parallel Computing (29), Elsevier, 2003. pp. 1445-1479. (pdf)
  • M. Lanthier, A. Maheshwari, J.-R. Sack, "Approximating Weighted Shortest Paths on Polyhedral Surfaces", Algorithmica 30(4), 2001, pp. 527-562. (pdf)
Thesis Work:
  • M. Lanthier, "Shortest Path Problems on Polyhedral Surfaces", Ph.D. Thesis, School of Computer Science, Carleton University, December 1999. (pdf)
  • M. Lanthier, "Implementation of Adaptive Behaviours in a Simple Insect-Like Robot", Master's thesis, School of Computer Science, Carleton University, Ottawa, 1993. (pdf)